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Population structure and combining ability of diverse Medicago sativa germplasms.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Aug 2004
Maureira I J, Ortega F, Campos H, Osborn T C
Abstract excerpt
Although unadapted germplasms have been used to improve disease and insect resistance in alfalfa, there has been little effort to use these for improving forage yield. We evaluated genetic diversity and combining ability among two unadapted germplasms ( Medicago sativa ssp. sativa Peruvian and M. sativa ssp. falcata WISFAL) and three Northern U.S. adapted alfalfa cultivars. Population structure analyses indicated...
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